Friday, June 17, 2011

Don't Know Much About Economy

Articles on NRO explaining how Obama's "stimulus" package (Jonah Goldberg) and obeisance to unions (Charles Krauthammer) have significantly worsened the U.S. economy.


http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269833/shovel-ready-punch-line-jonah-goldberg


http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269840/union-owned-and-operated-charles-krauthammer


On a a related note -
Peter Kirsanow (NRO) listed five items the mainstream media considers less important than Sarah Palin's recently released e-mails. I found one of these particularly noteworthy.

An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that if the number of people looking for work today were the same as the number when President Obama took office, the reported unemployment rate for May would be 11 percent rather than 9.1 percent.

(Cartoon appeared in the Weekly Standard).

Friday, June 10, 2011

Gandhi Was Wrong

Excellent column by Jonah Goldberg (NRO) on the importance of economic growth.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/269257/simply-madness-jonah-goldberg

Saturday, June 4, 2011

You Say You Want A Revolution

Anyone who thinks that Paul Ryan's proposal to save Medicare is a radical attempt to push granny (wheelchair bound of course) off a cliff should read Andrew McCarthy's column on NRO (link below).

And for those who don't actually know what's in the Ryan plan, (most people), visit the other link below.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/268818/end-medicare-andrew-c-mccarthy?page=3

http://paulryan.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=242931